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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Aug. 2, 1920. 



Papago : A New Variety of Sweet Corn* 



H. WENHOLZ, B.Sc. (Agr.), Inspector of Agriculture. 



A Cob of Papago. 



Is 1918, through the courtesy 

 of the Dh-ector, a few jjounds of 

 Papago sweet corn was received 

 from the University of Arizona 

 Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, U.S.A. This variety 

 was stated* to have out^'ielded 

 more than fourfold any of the 

 ))est eastern varieties, such as 

 8 1 o w e 1 1 ' s Evergreen and 

 Country Gentleman, chiefly 

 owing to the fact that the 

 pollen of these latter varieties 

 was not resistant to the dry heat 

 which is usually experienced at 

 that station in summer, while 

 the pollt-n of Papago seemed 

 to have this resistant quality. 

 This diflerence caused pollina- 

 tion to be very defective in the 

 eastern varieties and resulted 

 iu poor grain formation, some 

 cobs carrying twenty or thirty 

 scattered grains, whilst Papago 

 showed no defect in pollination, 

 the grain formation being very 

 high and the cobs well filled. 



It was thought, therefore; 

 that this variety would be worth 

 a trial on the ]\lurrumbidgee 

 Irrigation Area, where the hot 

 winds in summer are known 

 to have a similar extremely 

 injurious effect on field maize. 

 In the trials on this area, 

 conducted by Mr. G. G. Potts 

 (then Inspector of Agriculture 

 but now an officer of the Water 



* Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 75 (1915). 



